BmxHoLo0ir 0p XHit iNi>o*PACiFia islands. 



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ship ") ; in Galla howolo, liirrino &c, in Ki-kamba wgalawa, 

 KUbiau rtgalawa [garab], in Woloff gal^ in Yoruba okkorli, 

 Yebu oko. The Arabic garab, gbrab, Persian kanrib boat " is 

 Scythic, (TarkisU karap, kiiap, kuek, SamoiJtj kurep). The same 

 Tocabia has bei^n adopted hy mmt^ luUoDebiau laagU4gt-'s, kakba 

 Pagaii kruba Sumba. 



The BengnU dingi csnnot be a very ancient South Gangetic 

 word, oihei'wise it woultl iiave been prevalent in Indonesia. It 

 appears to be referrabie to the Frawadi and Kasia slender form of 

 the Tibeto-Ultraindia root, hut itf? presGncc in Scinde is remark- 

 able, the broad donga being Hindi (" canoa") aa well aa Bengati.* 



The Tamil (mod.) odd^m, Tutuva oda may be connected di- 

 rectly with the preceding term, but it is more probably distinct. 

 The Sarooifdeodu, wor^a is rhe closest foreign terms I have found* 

 The Tibetan ru, du is the same roar, but the S- Dravirian form is 

 Samoiedic. Some of the Asonefifin term are Dravirian more than 

 Tibeto-Ukraindian in form e. g. ora Toro oda Tuluv.], ta-ta 

 Tana. 



gn\ 



Tib., Takpa 



3^ 



Manynk 



di-Q 



Lhop.; Chariglo 



du 



Lliop. 



thu 



Serpa, Gyami 





Gyavung 





Tangkbul 



rua 



Mishrai 



arua 



Stnghalceo 



reua 



Lau 



ru 



n Naga 



rung 



Murung, Garo 



/iJilung 



Aka 



r/rung 



Naga 



arong 





Inng 





• Koftlle'a vocabularies gtve fflsmgiij, nlungu, m a commoji W. Zimbiiin term for 

 "canoe,'* sjo ai-ongijo Mijae. One of tbe modt common rentiB Is oko, go, kokna, 

 guro, kor, kuluii dec. The idtiiiiiLy of liinga with a common Gangt^tic term ia 

 reoasirkable. Tf ttiN form aa well ais the modifeation tloHie, Jingi &c was current 

 ftt aa ancient period oa tlie Indus, ita transfer to Africa would not be sui-pritimg* 



